Here's a perfect end-of-week bit of weirdness for us all - it appears that Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on the Wii U has a bit of a shocking swear in it, and it's fan-favourite (not really) Shadow the Hedgehog that's responsible.
It was reported in UK tabloid The Mirror earlier in the week...

Sonic the Hedgehog must be ready for a return to form, it should be time. After that Sonic Boom game on Wii U - the name of which should not be spoken - and the upcoming closure of Sonic Runners on mobile, there's a hope that a bounce-back is on the cards for the SEGA mascot as its Anniversary year picks...

Luigi punches Sonic in the face, Bowser Jr. rides a horse and so on...

Video games can be silly, delightful forms of entertainment. We're not sure yet whether Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be a particularly good game on Wii U this Summer, but we sure like watching well choreographed footage of it. Perhaps it's the chunky HD...

There was a new retail release on 3DS in the UK last week, though an initial look at the charts don't make that immediately clear. Nevertheless there are two titles ensuring that Nintendo doesn't suffer a washout in the UK all-format top 40.
Pokkén Tournament leads for the Wii U, continuing its steady descent...

Much like the real life counterpart, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has a gargantuan of hurdles to overcome. Don't get us wrong, the problems in the 3DS version are much smaller and have less implications than dealing with politics, diseases and pollution. But being the fifth entry in such a popular...

Mario & Sonic - and their many friends / foes - have been battling it out in the Olympics for a number of years. Through this series of games we've learnt that Sonic isn't actually as fast as he makes out, and that Daisy is one of the world's greatest figure skaters. Now we have Mario & Sonic at...

It's the middle of the week, which means it's Media Create results time, showing us what's hot and what's not in Japan. The results show key releases on Sony hardware having an impact, while one new arrival on 3DS does its best to compete.
Kan Colle Kai has started strongly on Vita, while Attack on...

The number of 3DS retail titles with solid release dates for Europe is relatively thin, but we can now take Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games off the list. As continues to be the case it's the 3DS version that's coming first, with the Wii U iteration yet to be dated.
It's heading to Europe on 8th...

Nintendo recently confirmed that the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was coming out in North America in March, but wouldn't give a solid release date for the Wii U version of the game.
However, some of Nintendo's European regional sub-sites - including

We recently shared a list of exciting Wii U and 3DS games to play in the first quarter of 2016, which was admittedly packed with portable titles. If you like cross-IP sport games then there's now another one to consider - Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is coming to North America on 18th March.
Well,...

The snappily-titled Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be an interesting arrival in 2016. The series has evidently been popular to date, but seeing how the latest entry fares in the current generation will be worth following; Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games was only on Wii U and didn't seem...

Whenever the summer or winter Olympics roll around there's a certain tradition for Nintendo fans - contemplating whether to pick up the latest Mario & Sonic release. A big deal when it first happened, we're now used to seeing the former enemies battling it out over a 100 meter sprint rather than in bizarre '90s...

The snappily titled Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games may have been released on the Wii U last year, but the actual event it's licensed for is only now getting ready to kick off. To celebrate Nintendo of Europe is running a 30% discount on the Wii U eShop from tomorrow (7th...

Already released in Europe, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games arrives in North America on 15th November. Nintendo of America has taken the opportunity to officially confirm the Wii Remote Plus bundle offering in the region, a product that various retailers had listed in recent weeks.
For a...

Unless you’re an enthusiast or currently living in Sochi (that’s in Russia, by the way), there’s a good chance you aren't aware that the Winter Olympics are almost upon us. Yes, it’s time for all your favourite winter sports to hit the screens again; sports such as skiing, skiing off a cliff,...